Safety-catch.



H. W. PETERS. SAFETY CATCH. APPLICATION FILED APR. 11'. 1914. RENEWED APR. 5. 1915.

1,174,608. Patented Mar. 7,1916.

Attorneys UNITED STATES PATENT onrron.

HENRY PETERS. OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SAFETY-CATCH.

Application filed April To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY W. PETERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Safety-Catch, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention appertains to safety catches for articles of jewelry, and is particularly an improvement over the safety catch disclosed in my copending application, Serial No. 7 80,299, filed July 21, 1913, now Patent No. 1,112,317.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a safety catch, the parts of which are of peculiar construction, in order that they may be assembled in a convenient and effective manner, so that the catch will be strong or unbreakable in its use, and W111 be of advantage in other respects.

With the foregoing and other Ob]BCtS 1Il view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter escribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of an article of jewelry embodying the improved catch. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the improved catch. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the bearing member of the catch prior to the assemblage therewith, of the tumbler. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the bearing and tumbler ready for assembling.

In the drawing, the improved catch has been designated generally by the numeral 1 which, as illustrated, is applied to an article 2 which may be in the form of abrooch, badge, or other article of jewelry. The catch 1 is arranged to receive and hold the pointed or free end'of the pin or tongue 3 which is pivoted to the other end of the article 2, so that the catch serves as a keeper for the pin or tongue 3.

The present catch embodies two parts, namely, the bearing and the tumbler. The bearing includes a pair of diverging or angular portions 4 and 5, which have their butt ends connected by a relatively thin flex- Specification of Letters Patent.

the requisite flexibility or Patented Mar. 7, 1916.

11, 1914, Serial No. 831,234. Renewed April 5, 1915. Serial No. 19,331.

ible web 6, the basal ends of the portions 4 and 5 being disposed angularly relative to the web 6, as designated by the numerals 8 and 7, respectively. The gearing may be in the form of a forging or casting, and is preferably constructed of such metal, as to possess malleability to enable the portions 4 and 5 to be bent toward each other into parallelism, as seen in Figs. 1 and 2. The portion 4 of the bearing is in the form of an ear, the outer side or face of which is rounded, so as tothicken the. central portion of the ear or portion 4. The ear or portion 4 is proviedd with an lnner socket 9, which is relatively shallow,

and the ear or portlon 4 is further provided with a radial slot 10-eXtending to its free end, and communicating with the socket 9. The portion 5 of the hearing has a pair 0 bendable diverging arms 11, which are relatlvely wide, and which have a concaved seat 12 at their crotch. The tumbler or pin retainer embodies a disk 13 having oppositely prO ecting trunnions or bosses 14 and 15, which are relatively short and long, respectively. The disk 13 and its trunnions are provided with a radial slot 16 extending from the free end of one trunnion, to the free end of the other. The disk 13 is provided with a suitable finger piece 17 for convenience in the rotation of the tumbler.

In assembling the tumbler and bearing, thelong trunnion 15 of the tumbler is seated within the seat or crotch 12 of the portion 5 of th bearing, and the arms or tongues 11 are'bent, so as to embrace the long trunnion, and to provide a slot 18 between the free ends of the arms 11, in alinement with the slot 10 of the ear 4, and the ear 4 and portion 5 are bent together to embrace the d sk 13 therebetween. The short trunnion 14 of the tumbler is received by the socket 9 of the ear 4, and when the ear 4 and portion 5 are bent into parallelism, the basal ends 8 and 7 of the ear 4 and portion 5, respectively, will be swung flush with the web 6. Thus, when the base of the bearing, constituting the web 6 and the basal ends of the ear 4 and portion 5, is soldered, welded or otherwise secured to the article 2. the portion 5 being relatively thick, will be prevented from flexing away from the ear 4, under the strains and conditions to which the catch is subjected in use. When the catch is secured to the article, the ear 4 and portion 5 will be locked against separation,

with the drawing, and the disclosure in the above mentioned application, the other ad vantages and attributes of the present invention Wlll be obvious to those versed in the art, without further comment being necessarv.

Having thus described the invention, what 18 claimed as new is A safety catch for jewelry pins, comprising a bearing and a tumbler, the tumbler embodying a disk having oppositely projecting relatively long and short trunnions, the disk and its trunnions having a radial slot, the bearing member comprising diverging portions connected by a basal web, the basal ends of the said diverging portions being arranged angularly relative to the 'web and being adapted to be swung flush with the web when the said portions are swung into parallelism, one portion of the bearing constituting an ear having an inner socket to receive the short tumbler trunnion and having a radial slot, the other portion of the bearing having a pair of bendable diverging relatively wide arms having a seat at their crotch for the long tumbler trunnion, and the said arms being adapted to be bent so as to embrace the said long trunnion and to provide a slot between the free ends of the arms in alinement with the slot of the said ear.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed by signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY W. PETERS. Witnesses:

WALLACE A. GLEAsoN, PARKER Hononox.

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